Turks look upon death calmly and without repugnance; they do not connect it with ideas of gloom and horror, as we are too prone to do like in Europe,—they spread their burial places in the sunniest spots—on the crests of the laughing hills, where they are bathed in the light of the blue sky; beside the crowded thoroughfares of the city, where the dead are, as it were, once more mingled with the living,—in the green nooks that stretch down to the Bosphorus, wherein more selfish spirits would have erected a villa, or have planted a vineyard. They identify themself with the generation which has passed away— ready to yield their place to that which is to succeed their own.

OLD PORT OF YENIKAPI

Deep in the soft black earth beneath the cleared slum tenements of old Istanbul, Metin Gokcay points to neatly stacked and labelled crates heaped with shattered crockery. "That's mostly old mosaics and old ceramics," said the Istanbul city archaeologist. "And over there we found bones and coins.

The doyen of archaeology for Constantinople, the late German researcher Wolfgang Muller-Wiener, predicted 30 years ago that the old port would be found at Yenikapi. But the site was covered in illegal tenements and could not be explored. It was the modern transport project that made discovery of the old port possible, since the site had to be cleared to make way for the railway station.
THE GUARDIAN.UK

Yes, dear, I hear you!

Don't have to travel far for cross country skiing. We have nice parks with trails or you can make your own trail.

Thanks for the comments, I will keep in touch!

One can always learn more and I thank you for your comment.

Aenigma,I agree with your last statement!

Uludag in the news! On the way of becoming another ski paradise for Europeans Ski fans

Nautical archaeology in Istanbul -
Lost treasures of Constantinople test Turkey's 21st-century ambition
Ian Traynor in Istanbul
Wednesday January 25, 2006
The Guardian
THE GUARDIAN.CO.UK/TURKEY/STORY

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,1694257,00.html



http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=91255

Skiing in Turkey:
http://www.gototurkey.co.uk/discover_turkey/relaxation/skiing.html